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Outdoor evening scene on a red-orange painted floor. Two women kneel and prepare coloured powders: one in a cream sari with a gold border and a rudraksha mala, the other in a royal-blue sari with gold trim and a pearl necklace, both grinding or mixing powder with their hands. A large brass plate holds orange powder and another holds green-blue powder. A woman in a white sari with a yellow shawl stands in the background beside a decorated kalasha and offerings draped in red cloth and marigold garlands. A partially visible person stands at the left edge. Puja-preparation scene.

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